stripling
strip·ling/ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/noun
stripling is spelled S-T-R-I-P-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables (strip·ling). It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stripling means “A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stripling is striplings.
How many letters and syllables are in stripling?
| Letters | 9: S-T-R-I-P-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: strip·ling |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is stripling?
Stripling appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stripling?
- US /ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/
Stripling has 2 syllables, split strip·ling in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stripling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stripling
- striplings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stripling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
- 2
A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stripling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense youth (young man) in the state of adolescence:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jouvenceau |
| German | Jüngling |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stripling come from?
From Middle English stripling (“an adolescent, a youth (specifically one who is male); a child”) [and other forms], possibly from strepen (“to remove the clothes of, undress, strip; to peel off; to skin (an animal); to remove; to take something away from someone; to plunder, rob”) (connoting something that is stripped and thin, and yet to reach its full size) + -ling (suffix forming diminutives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).